Pennsylvania's twenty-first congressional district was a congressional district in northwestern Pennsylvania. It was created following the 1830 Census and was disbanded after the 2000 Census removed two representatives from Pennsylvania.

List of representatives[edit]

Representatives	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created in 1833
Thomas M. T. McKennan	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839	Redistricted from the 15th district
Isaac Leet	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph Lawrence	Whig	March 4, 1841 – April 17, 1842	Died
Vacant		April 17, 1842 – May 30, 1842
Thomas M. T. McKennan	Whig	May 30, 1842 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing.]
William Wilkins	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – February 14, 1844	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Russia
Vacant		February 14, 1844 – March 26, 1844
Cornelius Darragh	Whig	March 26, 1844 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing.]
Moses Hampton	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas M. Howe	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to the 22nd district
David Ritchie	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing.]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James K. Moorhead	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 22nd district
John L. Dawson	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Covode	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Lost election contest
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – February 9, 1870
John Covode	Republican	February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871	Won election contest Died
Vacant		January 11, 1871 – March 3, 1871
Henry D. Foster	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander W. Taylor	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jacob Turney	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing.]
Morgan R. Wise	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles E. Boyle	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing.]
Welty McCullogh	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel A. Craig	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]
George F. Huff	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.]
Daniel B. Heiner	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edward E. Robbins	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing.]
Summers M. Jack	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing.]
Solomon R. Dresser	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles F. Barclay	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles E. Patton	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles H. Rowland	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing.]
Evan J. Jones	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jacob B. Kurtz	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to the 23rd district
Francis E. Walter	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 20th district
Chester H. Gross	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	Redistricted from the 22nd district
James F. Lind	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	[Data unknown/missing.]
Augustine B. Kelley	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – November 20, 1957	Redistricted from the 27th district Died
Vacant		November 20, 1957 – January 21, 1958
John H. Dent	Democratic	January 21, 1958 – January 3, 1979	[Data unknown/missing.]
Donald A. Bailey	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing.]
Tom Ridge	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995	Retired to run for Governor of Pennsylvania
Phil English	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 3rd district
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

Recent election history[edit]

References[edit]

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  Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  


• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present


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  "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 2007-08-08.